15 Best Essential Oils For Wrinkles

As we become older, we must face the aging process. The skin will give the alarm to us. The signs of aging are more visible, such as the appearance of fine lines, sagging skin, and wrinkles. Also changes in skin texture. This happens because the production of natural oils in the skin begin to decrease. Essential oils can help us to minimize the signs of aging on the skin. The article describes 15 essential oils for aging skin and how to use it. Featured picture: Pixabay

Picture 1. The Youthful Woman’s Face (Pexels)

It does not mean we can not slow down the process. We can maintain healthy skin and stay looking younger by giving special treatment through a series of skin care. Also, there is another beauty ritual that we can add to our beauty care routine.

Yes! Use essential oils such as frankincense oil, lavender oil, etc. Those ingredients are often the main formula in anti-aging skincare and cosmetics. The essential oils contain antioxidants to overcome the skin texture damage. The causes are poor nutrition, ultraviolet (UV) light, and environmental pollution.

Vegetable oils and essential oils are sometimes confused in aromatherapy use. Both types of oils are natural oils, and both have therapeutic properties. But they compose in different ways.

There are many different vegetable oils and essential oils in aromatherapy practice. It is important to understand the basic differences and similarities between both oils. So we can choose an oil for our personal necessity.

Vegetable Oils

Manufacturers extract vegetable oils from a wide variety of plants. Some plants store oil in their leaves or flowers whereas others store oil in their seeds. The best vegetable oils for aromatherapy practice are cold pressed. High level of heat in the extraction process causes the therapeutic properties to lose. Vegetable oils are non-volatile and do not evaporate like essential oils. They are also not soluble in alcohol.

Essential Oils

Essential oils are also extracted from plants but are a different type of “oil”. Despite their name, essential oils are non-oily. Essential oils are most steam distilled or cold pressed from a plant.

Manufacturers extract essential oils from the glandular hairs, sacs, glands or veins of a plant. It is including flowers, trees, grasses, leaves, and roots. They are volatile and evaporate at or above room temperature. Essential oils dissolve in alcohol.

Uses of Vegetable Oils

Vegetable oils act as carrier oils in aromatherapy. People use it in aromatherapy massage, in making aromatherapy lotions and creams. We call vegetable oils “carrier oils” in aromatherapy. It is because they “carry” the essential oils to the body.

We can use vegetable oils on their own for aromatherapy massage. Or, for greater therapeutic effect, combined with essential oils. Vegetable oils used in aromatherapy different from vegetable oils used in cooking. Vegetable oils used in cooking do not have the same therapeutic properties.

Here are some vegetable oils that we can use as carrier oil:

1. Argan

Argan oilis from Morocco. These essential oils consist of 80 percent of the fatty acids. It can help fight free radicals and give benefits to protect the skin from aging. Argan oil contains vitamin A and E. The vitamins beneficial to reduce fine lines, cut dark spots and sagging skin. There is an ingredient present in this type of oil called squalene, which can protect a woman’s skin from getting wrinkled.

2. Olive

Olive oil contains vitamins A and E as argan oil. Use of olive oil regularly in the morning or evening. Besides working as an anti-aging, olive oil can make skin brighter.

It also gives the natural moisture of the skin. By this way, we will protect the skin from dehydration. For best results, use pure olive oil that often called the Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO).

5. Carrot Seed

Carrot seed oil also has properties to regenerate skin. It will keep our skin young over the years. The oil is got through the steam distillation process of wild carrot seeds. The oil is high in vitamin A. This vitamin is a powerful antioxidant that helps prevent damage to the skin cells.

Uses of Essential Oils

People use essential oils for some health problems in aromatherapy practice. We use it in aromatherapy massage, combined with vegetable oils. Or we use them in aromatherapy skincare lotions and creams.

How to use

Dilute your selected essential oil with a carrier oil of your choice before applying it to your skin. You can use either a separate bottle for mixing, or you can add the essential oils to the bottle of carrier oil. Pure essential oils are about 70 times more concentrated than the whole plant. Dilutions are typically 2% – 10%. For adults, a 2.5% dilution is recommended for most purposes. For children under 12, 1% is generally safe.

One teaspoon liquid equal with 5 ml. Every essential oil is different! By knowing the precise number of drops per mil of every oil, we can not only get the exact total concentration of essential oils in our carrier correct. But the ratio of one oil to the other will always be right. Click here to learn more “How to Blend an Exact Concentration for Every Topical Application”.

Conduct a patch test. We should always do it before widespread use. Especially if we plan to apply the mixture to our face. Choose a small area of skin that’s away from the face. The inside of our elbow is a popular choice. If we notice any reaction within 24 hours, we could be allergic to the oil and should stop use. Or we can consider adding fewer drops of essential oils to the mix.

For the greatest result, use the essential oils twice daily.

Here are best essential oils to minimize signs of aging on the skin including wrinkles:

1. Frankincense

Frankincense is a unique essential oil. It offers many benefits for the skin and the body health. It helps protect the exist cells and encourage new skin cell growth. This is an important factor in keeping the skin tight and glowing for years.

Do you have aging skin, the elasticity problem, or need the regeneration of skin cells? Frankincense is an essential oil everyone should have. We can use it on all types of skin. Frankincense oil is ideal for those who want to treat aging skin or to regenerate skin cells. This oil can help overcome skin pigmentation and tighten our skin.

2. Lavender

Lavender oil is great for skin care ritual in the evening. Besides containing antioxidants that are useful as anti-aging, the fragrance able to give the effect to relax the body and mind. It can leverage our night’s rest time because of the sedative effect. Lavender essential oil helps our body produce three of the most powerful antioxidants: glutathione, catalase, and superoxide dismutase.

3· Rose Geranium

To keep our skin young and prevent the signs of premature aging, geranium essential oil is a good choice. The antioxidants in this oil help improve skin elasticity and tighten the skin. It reduces the appearance of wrinkles, age spots, and fine lines. It also stimulates blood circulation under the skin. Smooth blood circulation is a must for physical health and perfect skin. Geranium is a versatile oil that balances oil production. It is good for all skin types.

8. Basil

Being a rich source of flavonoids and antioxidants, basil acts as an effective anti-aging agent that tightens skin, fights free radical damage and oxidative stress. It prevents the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines and age spots on the skin. It helps in skin cell regeneration and increases the growth of skin cells to provide a supple and fresh appearance.

10.Cypress

Cypress oil is a powerful firming oil. It improves circulation, strengthens blood capillaries, antibacterial, anti-infectious, and anti-microbial. This essential oil is also a good choice for use as an astringent.

It is advisable to mix it with coconut oil before applying directly to the areas of our skin that are beginning to sag. For example our neck or the space around our eyes.

Picture 8. Lemon (Pexels)

13.Agarwood or Aloeswood

This is dark wood fragrant resin used (usually) as an incense and perfume. This oil is from the heartwood of Aquilaria tree.

Agarwood oil can nourish and help repair damaged skin cells due to free radicals. This essential oil is one luxury item that can make our skin feel soft and supple.

Agarwood has unique chemical compounds. The name is agarol (sesquiterpene), aquillochin (couinarinolignan), α-agarofurans, β-agarofurans, agarospirol, jinkohol, jinkoh–eremol, selinene, isodihydroagarofuran, kusenol, and dihydroagarofuran. These chemical compounds are therapeutic substances that work for rejuvenating, detoxifying, tonic, and anti-oxidant for the skin.

15. Clary Sage

One study concluded that clary sage might help prevent DNA and proteins from being damaged by free radicals. These oils not only can fight the signs of aging and reduce the swelling. It also regulates the production of oil for dry and oily skin.

30 Replies to “15 Best Essential Oils For Wrinkles”

Fascinating article, have a heard a lot about essential oils but never knew they are used in anti-aging products, always thought they were used only for for aromatherapy purposes. Personally, I don’t like massaging any kind of oil on my face, I used to before, but it always felt like it my skin never absorbed it properly, its why I only use lotion now.

You are right. Everyone has his own preference.Many vegetable-based oils—avocado, jojoba, and almond, for example—mimic the natural lipids found in our skin, which is ideal for a couple reasons. The similarities in structure can help repair and reregulate our skin’s moisture barrier, which is responsible for oil production. Thank you for the encouragement.

I love the title Healthy is The New Wealthy. The one thing I cherish above all is my Health more so now that I am in my twilight years. After putting our bodies through the early rigours of our young lives it is always in hindsight when we realise we have taken our bodies for granted. Sites like yours certainly speaks volumes to the older audience who are always looking at more subtle and organic products to take us gracefully through our finer years.

You mean “healthy is the FIRST wealthy”? Yes, we often appreciate something after the thing disappear for a while. For people over 40 yr old it is important to take care their health more. For people who live in big cities and have the hectic schedule it is difficult to get the “real” foods. There are too many processed foods around us. Fortunately there are many researches and inventions that support the older’s health. It is including the products for the skin care. Thank you for the comment.

Well I’ve just turned 40 and am looking for some ways to regain or keep my skin youthful. Bit of both really. I like using coconut oil and I do know about some of the benefits of those oils. I really like the sounds of frankincense oil. It seems really quite versatile. Can you recommend any good brands for those oils? And any coconut oil will do? I’ve got an organic brand, but I’m guessing there are quite some differences as well…

I have been washing my face with oil for a couple of years now, but I had not considered essential oils because I did not want to sit down and do the research, so thank you for doing that for me!

I do make a point of looking for rose geranium and Ylang Ylang whenever I am at the health food store, but they always seem to be sold out. Can you recommend a reputable manufacturer that I can order from online? Thank you in advance.

Wow, the information of all these oils are fabulous. I had no idea they had so many healing a good effects. I think I will have to do some more reading into these oils to find the best for me. Thank you for introducing me to these benefits.

I didn’t know there were synthetic oils. That’s a little disheartening. I will be paying better attention because I run them in the diffuser quite a bit! I think I’d like to try Black Pepper (and hurrah for assisting with wrinkles too, big benefit). 🙂

You are right, Genny. These carrier oils are a wonderful way to keep our face looking healthy and hydrated. They give our skin exactly what it wants: healthy oils. Natural oils (because they do not contain any added fillers or chemicals) absorb easily into the skin. They protecting the skin’s lipid barrier and preventing moisture from evaporating out of the skin.

I hardly know about 5 or 6 essential oils that good for our skin. But this series of essential oil seems really interesting. I mostly use lavender and sandalwood oil because I love their fragrances. Informative post.

I had no idea essential oils could be used for wrinkles, I love using them with different things from toners, and so much more, so not sure why I didn’t put them together. hehe. awesome article! thanks for the insight.

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